Actually, my students wrote essays on the potato famine last week after
reading an article on it.  Good subject.

Tamela Wheeler, ESOL, Pellissippi State Technical Community College

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Subject: [EnglishLanguage 307] "Irish Potato Famine" with Primary
Sources


Because today is St. Patrick's Day, educators and their students may be
thinking about Irish history.  One of Ireland's pivotal events was the
loss of its potato crop in the mid-nineteenth century.  To this day,
Ireland has not recovered from the loss of its people - through
immigration and death - caused by the "potato famine."  Students can
learn what happened with primary sources from the Irish National
Archives and from contemporary drawings/newspapers.
http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/great_hunger/great_hunger_ch1.ht
m  

The website http://www.awesomestories.com/ is free for all educators,
schools and libraries.  Simply request an academic membership with this
sign-up form.  http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php  

Carole Bos
Grand Valley State University
Dean's Advisory Board





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